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Dear Parents and Friends,

My first job as new Head Teacher of the Upper School was to clean out the files.  As I poured through stacks of old letters, budgets, plans, and evaluations, I was filled with a deep sense of the history of the Carolina Friends School.  As I spent time with past Head Teachers Bob Fulks, Rocco Trisolini, Jim Henderson, and Mike Hanas, I was reminded of the old saying, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.”

Our numbers have grown; the campus has expanded; we have added a new gym and a thriving sports program, yet the basic goals of the Carolina Friends School remain grounded in our Quaker philosophy.  From the day they arrive at CFS until the day they depart, our students are taught the value of simplicity, the power of silence, the spirituality of life, and respect for individual uniqueness.  Our philosophy is at the root of everything we do.  Our rising seniors are busy this summer planning a senior retreat in August that will help them to build community with one another and to define their roles as leaders in our Upper School community.  They are designing a buddy system between seniors and freshmen so the younger students will feel welcome in their new environment.  This senior project is representative of the spirit that begins at the core of our philosophy and lives through the beliefs and actions of our students, teachers, parents, and board members.

At the Carolina Friends School, we are a community of learners.  We nurture our students as they grow physically, intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually in a dynamic environment.  We are a school where our past is intrinsically linked to our future.  Welcome!

 
Carrie Huff
Head Teacher